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I have seen that mural and I love I love Diego Rivera's work as well as that of the other muralists.

And what you said is right but they are people of strong faith and hope and courage.

I work with the Hispanic community here and I love my work. We help the Latino population with legal and medical issues as well as ESL and computer classes. They are lovely people who are polite and grateful for any assistance we give them. Heck! They don't even laugh at me when my Spanish fails me!

We have a project at one of the migrant camps in the northern part of the county where we provide assistance to the workers who work the muck farms and their families. The farmers in conjunction with with the Church and our agency have a council where they work together to solve problems and meet the workers' needs. My favorite project that the workers did is a beautiful mural on the side of one of the buildings that reminds me of the murals I saw in Mexico.

What's this blog about?

My musings on current events, current projects, current anxieties and current delights.

I started this under the Bush regime when any grain of sand thrown into the gears of the over-reaching imperial state seemed worthwhile.

I have worked to elect more and better Democrats -- and to hammer the shit out of them once we get them in office so they do the things their constituents want and need. It's a big job.

I have endured the dashed potential for a more transformational regime under Obama. The man has made himself an accomplice in the imperial crimes of his predecessor as well as committing his own. He has also almost certainly been the most progressive president most of us will live to see. I fear we'll look back on his years in office with mild gratitude for a respite from national leadership that was habitually stupid and vicious, as well as wrong.

Visitors here will find a lot of commentary on books I'm reading. I am very intentionally reading intensively offline these days. When it feels hard to find direction, it's time to learn something new.

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I'm a progressive political activist who runs trails and climbs mountains whenever any are available. I've had the privilege to work for justice in Central America (Nicaragua and El Salvador), in South Africa, in the fields of California with the United Farmworkers Union, and in the cities and schools of my own country. I'm a Christian of the Episcopalian flavor; we think and argue a lot. For work, I've done a bit of it all: run an old fashioned switch-board; remodeled buildings and poured concrete; edited and published periodicals, reports and books; and organized for electoral campaigns. I am currently an independent consultant to organizations seeking "help when you have to make a fight."